Bag dispenser



A ril 13,1926. 1,586,488

-- w J. H. HENSQN BAG DISPENSER Filed May 11, 192s INVENTOR 'stores,

of course, extend to the dispensation of Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

JAMES H. HENSON, 0F FOSTER,

OKLAHOMA.

BAG DISPENSER.

Apfplicationjiled May 11, 1925. Serial No. 29,419.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Laws 11. HnNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Foster, in the county of Garvin and State of Oklahoma, have invented a certain new and useful Invention in Bag Dispensers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a dispensingap paratus for sheet, envelope, bag or other like commodities, and it is the design of this apparatus to dispense these articles in units one by one, by a simple, effective and efficient method.

Primarily, perhaps the invention is directed to a bag dispensing machine for but the latitude of the invention will, any and all units that may be dispensed in accordance with the idea.

Other objects of the invention will appear from a further and more completereading of the following specification, drawing and claim.

On the sheet of drawings accompanying and forming a part of the specification,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a cabinet with invention applied, this view showing stock of units, in piles and of piles of varying size Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of an adjustable device for reducing the side and length dimension of the retainer shelf for holding smaller units;

Figure 3 is a front end elevation of the same and showing in section one o cross-slots,

Figure 4. is a side elevational view in section of one of the cabinet sections, an showing the ejector mechanism;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view inside elevation of the section, but on the opposite interior side, to show a mechanical retainer and Figure 6 is a detail in elevation showing a slot in the adjustable device for the shelf contractor.

In these several views similar characters of reference indicate similar parts.

he cabinet proper, designated in a general way by 7 may be built into as many sections 8 as may be desired, in order to provide for dispensationin the multiple. These sections 8 are laid off by partitions 9 and the side walls of the cabinet 7. Across the front of the cabinet are ribs 10 which, together with stops 11 (see Figures 4; and 5) f the.

for supporting shelves 12 which may be provided with thumb grooves 13 for extracting the same. On these shelves '12, a slotted block 1 1 is'superimposed', having an elongated slot 15 through which a bolt 16 passes into a. slot 17 in theshelf 12 and disposed in angular relation to-the slot 15. The bolt 16is provided with a washer 18 and a nut 19.- "lo this slotted block 14: is attached a metal housing consisting of a. base'20 and a side 21, and to this siding is applied a friction retainer 22 for holding the rear ends of the units. Thus far, it will be seen, as seen for instance in Figure-1, that units 0 varying dimension may be housed in the cabinet, by simply laying them on the shelving, and causing holder comprised locking them in the bolt 16. is provided of the movable shelf as fastened into place. 7

If it is desired to omit the adjustment, as may be seen certain of the upper sections of Figure 1, may be secured direct to the cabinet-sections 8.

On the inner wall of each section (see especially Figure 1) a rod has a bearing in the part or rib 10 and in a bearing 24, and about this rod is convoluted a spring one end is secured at 26 to the inner wall of the casing, while the other end thereof is secured, for instance in an eye 27 formed on the rod 27 This arrangement is such that not only is push the rod out to the dotted in position of Figure 1, but at the same time give the rod an axial movement-in other words partially revolve 27 when pushed by button 27. To this rod 27, an arm 28 is formed, having a depending portion and terminating in an offset 29 which carries a frictional gripper 30.

In the resent instance for illustration the lines in igure 1 designated in a general way by 31 are units, such, for instance as paper sacks, usually used in grocery stores.

The operation is as follows:

In the first place the sacks are so stored that when one is ejected,'it will be in a proper position to be grabbed and opened by air impact in the usual and customary way practiced by merchants which consists of taking the extended edge of the bag mouth provide of parts 20 and 21, and place by tightening upon for sticking into the material the parts 'are the adjustment of the then the frictional retainers 22 7 the inner walls of I 25 and In addition a tooth member 23 the tendency of the spring to between thumb and finger and violently pulling same through the air until the air entering the bag causes it to open in a balloon like manner. WVhen these are thus laid in place, and the adjustment made properly so that the bags are not tightly but snugly in place, the rod 27 is pushed in by the button 2'7 and the friction gripper 29 takes hold of the surface of the bag and ejects it as seen in Figure l. As often as the rod is operated the ejectment process is repeated. The abnormal position is preferably shown in the dotted lines of Figure 4. I

While the operation has been given with reference to bags, it will be well to remember that the same can be used in connection with sheets of paper, envelopes, railroad, baseball, and motion picture tickets, and other and various units where ejectment is desired unit by unit.

It will also be observed thatthe spring provides for accommodation of the frictional gripper to piles of varying heights.

Having thus set forth this invention, I claim:

In an apparatus for dispensing a single sheet of material from a stack of varying heights, the combination of a casing, bear ings fixed in said casing, a rod mounted in said bearings and having one end thereof projecting from said casing, an arm integral with and carried by said rod and extending downwardly therefrom, means for permitting said rod and arm to be rotated and reciprocated, a gripping member carried on the end of said arm, and means for normally holding said gripping device in contact with a sheetof the material to be dispensed.

In witness whereof I have set my hand this 5th day of May, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

J AMES H. HENSON. 

